TEKsystems
Senior Platform Administrator
TEKsystems, Madison, Wisconsin, us, 53774
We are hiring a Senior Platform Admin to oversee the entire Databricks infrastructure, ensuring its scalability, performance, and security.Experience Needed:*Strong understanding of data engineering needs*Strong understanding of Azure infrastructure required by Databricks*Experience with compliance audits/audit documentation*Experience using Databricks APIs with tools like Postman*Understanding of the Databricks workspace and development environment*Experience using GitHub to manage source code*Strong SQL skills for creating admin related queries and dashboards*Strong debugging skills*Ability to do risk analysis for 3rd party integrations with Azure resources.*Familiarity with Dynatrace.*Proficiency in Spark, Python, SQL, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).Nice to Have:*Databricks Platform Administration Fundamentals certification preferred.Essential Job Functions*Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of Databricks clusters.*Ensure the platform's scalability, performance, and security.*Develop and enforce policies and procedures for platform administration.*Collaborate with leadership to align platform capabilities with business goals.*Provide escalated support and troubleshooting to users.*Oversee maintenance of role-based access to data and features in the Databricks Platform using Unity Catalog.*Oversee implementation of external access controls for outside teams using service principles, SQL warehouses and Delta Sharing*Continuously improve processes and systems used to manage infrastructure, users and external access.*Lead implementation of service principles and access tokens for external users.*Oversee creation of queries and dashboards to monitor critical systems and processes.*Review and maintain documentation for users and administrators.*Automate common admin tasks using Databricks notebooks.*Manage workflow tags, cluster tags, workflow naming convention enforcement.*Review clusters health check and best practices implementation.*Ensure regular backup and recovery.*Oversee privilege reviews on users and resources.*Stay current with industry trends and advancements in Databricks and cloud technologies.
About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.